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The Mirror of the Sea · Chapter

Epigraph explained

The chapter opens with an epigraph from Boethius's De Consolatione Philosophiae, expressing profound trouble over a miracle or wonder.

What happens

The chapter opens with an epigraph from Boethius's De Consolatione Philosophiae, expressing profound trouble over a miracle or wonder.

Key passages

  • for this miracle or this wonder troubleth me right gretly.

    This miracle or wonder greatly disturbs me.

    Epigraph from Boethius, setting a tone of philosophical unease.